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MISCELLANEOUS GARDEN STRUCTURES. 



13 by 9 inches, and 9 inches deep. Or a 

 set may be thus made — 13 inches square 

 for the pavilion, and 10 inches deep ; the 

 side boxes 12 by 9 inches, and 8 or 9 

 inches deep. A still smaller set of boxes 

 may be thus proportioned — 12 inches 

 square and 10 inches deep, with side 

 boxes 11 by 8^ inches, and 8 inches 

 deep," all inside measure. 



" The pavilion is made of f -inch deal 

 in the back, front, and top, and i-inch 

 at the sides. At each end is a good- 

 sized window. Over the windows slide 

 down movable ^-inch panels into grooves 

 made in the pilasters. To the panel in 

 front is attached a covered porch project- 

 ing 4 inches, as a shelter from wet, wind, 

 and too much sun — all evils at the mouth 

 of the hive. To make this more effectual, 

 a movable piece, cut in the form of an 

 arch, slides within the porch. The top of 

 the side boxes is made with a projection 

 of half an inch at each end, for the conve- 

 nience of lifting. They have each two 

 windows, and are protected by cases 

 covering the three sides, and fitting at 

 the extremity into the grooves of the 

 centre pilasters. In this way are formed 

 on the outside panels to correspond, 

 and of equal size with those of the 

 pavilion. Thus every part of the boxes 

 is doubled, excluding all light and wet." 

 The boxes being double, enables them to 

 resist the effects of heat and cold better 

 than if they were single, and much thicker 

 boarding was used. The side boxes are 

 attached to the pavilion by hooks and 

 eyes, and to the floor boards at the ends. 



" A weather boarding roof fits over the 

 whole, resting on the tops of the pilasters, 

 which are cut down rather more than an 

 inch to receive it, allowing ample venti- 

 lation, with perfect protection from sun 

 and wet." Height is left under the roof 

 for bell glasses, and holes are cut in the 

 top of the pavilion for the bees to ascend 

 into them. These holes, however, should 

 not be cut in the centre, according to 

 Mr Taylor, but towards the sides. " Here 

 they are accessible to the bees without the 

 usual necessity of passing through the 

 centre of the hive, which is the seat of 

 breeding, and where the brood would be 

 endangered by a direct current of air, 

 which ought to be avoided." Ventilation 

 tubes are placed in all the boxes, near the 

 back windows, and are there much less in 



the way of the combs, as well as in empty- 

 ing the box of the honey. 



" The communication between the pavi- 

 lion and the side boxes is made in each 

 by two lateral openings, one being on a 

 level with the inside top of the side box, 

 and extending nearly the whole distance. 

 The bottom opening is on the ground- 

 level, and ought to extend almost the 

 length of the pavilion, and be half an inch 

 high. The openings are stopped, when 

 required, by separate narrow slides of 

 strong tin inserted from behind, let into 

 the pavilion their own thickness. This 

 part of the boxes differs from Nutt's, which 

 have numerous apertures between them." 

 These, Mr Taylor has found, " are not 

 only useless, but practically injurious, as 

 the bees will frequently unite the combs 

 through them. At the entrance of the 

 pavilion are two slides of perforated zinc 

 about 1 inch wide, moving at the back of 

 the panel, and behind the pilasters right 

 and left, so as to contract the mouth at 

 pleasure. " 



Huistis hive, figs. 741 and 742, is placed 

 on its narrow end, differing from all others 

 in this respect ex- 

 l: ' cepting the Grecian 



hive, of which it ap- 

 pears only to be a 

 modification. Like 

 it, it has a convex 

 cover. It is so con- 

 structed within that 

 each comb may be 

 extracted individual- 

 ly without disturbing the others, the 

 combs being attached to slips" of wood, 

 as shown in fig. 742, 

 and not to cross 

 sticks as in ordinary 

 cases. Each may thus 

 be lifted up, which 

 the unusual form of 

 the hive favours. 

 Bees are very liable to 

 attach the sides of the combs together; but 

 the inventor thinks he has provided for 

 the prevention of this by admitting air 

 through perforated plates of tinned iron — 

 a mode of prevention of the efficacy of 

 which we have very great doubts, while, 

 at the same time, we cannot but consider 

 it injurious to the animals. Were it pos- 

 sible to prevent the bees from attaching 

 the combs together, we would consider 



Fig. 742. 



